Pig in a poke” is a down-home expression that conveys its meaning so colorfully: something offered in such a way as to obscure its real nature or worth. Knowledge of ...

According to Wikipedia, “a pig in a poke is a thing that is bought without first being inspected and thus of unknown authenticity or quality.” Starting in the 19th century, this idiom was explained as ...

To the Editor: As a Southerner by marriage, I appreciate that region’s colorful expressions. One applies nicely to New Hampshire’s school voucher program: “Don’t buy a pig in a poke.” It first ...

Do you know Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable? It’s an amusing and instructive reference work, illuminating about the origin of various common (and not so common) locutions, adages, epithets, and ...

When I was in high school, an old southern gentleman taught me that a good rule to live by is “Never buy a pig in a poke!” (what that means is “Never buy a pig in a sack”). In the Sunday, July 24, ...

On Nov. 5 Lompoc voters were asked: “Shall the measure, which would discontinue the public park use of the 82-acre parcel containing Ken Adam Park in order to allow other educational and recreational ...

Once again we are being offered a ballistic-missile-pig- in-a-national-defense poke. This time the proposal being considered by the Clinton administration is much reduced from the missile defense ...

Regarding Harold Kelly’s letter in last week’s Windham Journal, Mr. Kelly alludes to the premise of the election of Congressmen every two years. The Founding Fathers in their wisdom established in the ...

Wild or feral pigs are classified in the United States as an invasive exotic species. Most other wildlife species don’t associate with wild pigs. The less mobile wildlife, such as lizards, toads and ...